Gangtok vs Varanasi
Side-by-side air quality comparison between Gangtok and Varanasi.
Live AQI from Open-Meteo CAMS (~45 km global model, updated hourly). Multi-year history from CPCB station data via aqinow.co pipeline (2016–2024, station-level daily records).
AQI Comparison
CPCB Multi-Year History (2016–2024)
Summary
Overview
In 2024, Gangtok averaged an AQI of 48 while Varanasi averaged 56 — a 8-point (17%) gap, with Varanasi the more polluted and Gangtok the cleaner of the two. On 457 days when both cities reported, Gangtok was cleaner on 360 of them; the average daily gap was 55 AQI points.
Seasonality & days
Gangtok peaks in March, while Varanasi peaks in January. Gangtok logged 0% Severe days and 96.2% Good-or-Satisfactory days; Varanasi was 2.8% Severe and 36% Good-or-Satisfactory. Longest clean-air streaks: Gangtok 94 days, Varanasi 87 days.
Year-over-year progress
Gangtok has worsened by 14 AQI points (41.2%) from 2022 to 2024; Varanasi has improved by 169 AQI points (75.1%) over the same window. The worst recorded day for Gangtok reached AQI 264 at Zero Point GICI (SSPCB) on 2023-01-16; Varanasi hit AQI 500 at Ardhali Bazar (UPPCB) on 2017-07-11.
Station-level disparity
Gangtok spans 1 CPCB stations with a 0-point spread (min 50, max 50); Varanasi spans 4 stations with a 94-point spread (min 71, max 165).